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Concerns Rise Over African Airport Security

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Daniel Michaels

Updated Dec. 28, 2009 9:30 a.m. ET

African airports could face new scrutiny for their security standards following the attempt to detonate an explosive onboard a Delta Air Lines Inc. jetliner as it landed in Detroit en route from Amsterdam.

The alleged would-be bomber is a Nigerian citizen and began his trip in Lagos, according to Dutch and U.S. officials. It remains unclear if the suspect, identified as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, carried explosive materials with him when he left Nigeria on a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight or if he obtained them in Amsterdam....